HP Extended Cluster for RAC

Continuous availability with the flexibility of virtualization

Executive summary...............................................................................................................................

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Business dilemma ................................................................................................................................

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The solution.........................................................................................................................................

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Context for the solution .....................................................................................................................

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Solution overview.............................................................................................................................

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Solution components.........................................................................................................................

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The tests .............................................................................................................................................

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Testing methodology ........................................................................................................................

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Test architecture ...............................................................................................................................

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Supported hardware configuration .................................................................................................

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Supported software configuration.................................................................................................

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Test descriptions.............................................................................................................................

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IPC test description .....................................................................................................................

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I/O test description ....................................................................................................................

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OLTP test description...................................................................................................................

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Failover test description...............................................................................................................

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Test results and tuning.....................................................................................................................

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The next steps....................................................................................................................................

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Solution flexibility ..............................................................................................................................

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Conclusions ......................................................................................................................................

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References ........................................................................................................................................

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For more information..........................................................................................................................

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